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No. 73,903. PATENTED JAN. 28, 1868.

v P. JONES. v I

' CLIP AND FERRULE FOR JOINTS ,O'N FELLOES.

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TO WHOM IT MAYCONGERN:

Be it known that I, PHIKEAS JONES, of the city of Newark, in the county of Essex, owl State of New Jersey, hove invented an Improvement in on Appliance lo [the Joints in Felloes for the Wheels of Gorriagos: and 1 (lo declare the followingto be a. full and exact description of the some, reference being hie herein to thev drawings that accompany this specification, es part o'f. the some.

i The notnreof my improvement consists in combining in.ono whole 0, clip and n ferrule, obtaining admire logos thereby not to be had by the use of the two separately.- In the drnwings- Figure 1 is the clip a: and the ferrole b, as combined. in one'whole.

Fignre 2 is on end of o fclloe fitted to the ferrule 12. E

Figure 3 shows the felloes join'tell together in n wheel by the combined ferrule and clip.

- Two very important objects-are gained by tho. improvement: the joint is prevented from settling, and the ends oi'.the rim of the folloes are preserved from checking or splitting.

The ferrule is toperrl from the inside to sharp edges, the setting of the tire (ii-owing the ends of the felloe to a solicl bearing in the ferrule. Where greater strength is required in the support of a joint, the rib 0,-fig. 1, eon be adileii to the combination. r

E non nwero that felloes have before been connected by tenoning theie enrl, and fitting them into mesollie iiemles or sockets, and also by the joinfi of the i'elloe being formed over or near-the spoke, and held together o. eoolzet, and supported by the spoke. This I do not oioim.

Tlxesuperiority of my invention consists in avoiding the formation of a shoulder in the wood, or cutting away any part of the some, to diminish its strength, my band-clip being formed with the outer pori ion (nesr the tire of the wheel) narrow, and so constructed that a small ohnmfer on the Food admits the nsrrow port-ion of the clip to come flush with the wood, while the'inner or long part of the clip is entirely on the outside of the I wood. The ends of the clip are connected by bolts to the tire, forming a. joint that is neat and comely in its appearance, and at the some time so strengthening the felloo at the joint that 'it has no week place, but will retain its position in use. 7

My inventionwould be of comparatively little use without the bolts to sugport the'omis of the feline. The extension of the clip completely around the ends of the felloe, in the form of a band, is necessary, to protect; the wood fromspiitting; and the uniourvith such hand of the long portion of the clip on the inside of the wheel constitutes an efi'eetivo' brace or truss, to prevent on}; working or sagging ofthe joints.

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, as o nemnrticie of manufacture omi nse, ist The combined clip a and ferrule 12, with the rib a, mode substantially as specified and shown.

' mmEAs JONES.

Witnesses:

W. H. BALDWIN, W. M. 600mm. 

